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SENATE BILL NO. 1198 – Approp/Public School/Childrens Prog

SENATE BILL NO. 1198

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S1198............................................................by FINANCE
APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS - Provides a
description of the Division of Children's Programs; appropriates
$114,655,000 to the Public School Income Fund/Division of Children's
Programs for fiscal year 2004; provides for expenditures regarding moneys
received pursuant to Sections 63-2506, 63-2552A and 67-7439, Idaho Code;
provides for allocation of moneys and requirements for the Idaho Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Program; provides intent that the Idaho Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Program must include certain features; provides for
expenditures for literacy programs; provides for expenditures for students
with non-English or limited-English proficiency; grants authority to
transfer funds between the five divisions of the Educational Support
Program budget; and distributing moneys to the Idaho Digital Learning
Academy.
                                                                        
04/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
04/30    Rpt prt - to Fin
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
05/02    3rd rdg - PASSED - 22-13-0
      AYES -- Bailey, Banner(Pearce), Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Compton, Davis, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Keough,
      Little, Lodge, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce(Banner), Richardson, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Sweet, Williams
      NAYS -- Andreason, Burkett, Calabretta, Darrington, Gannon, Kennedy,
      Malepeai, Marley, McWilliams, Noh, Schroeder, Stennett, Werk
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Lodge
    Title apvd - to House
05/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 50-16-4
      AYES -- Barraclough(Schanz), Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Black,
      Block, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Collins, Crow, Deal, Eberle,
      Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood,
      Henbest, Jaquet, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst,
      McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ring,
      Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Skippen, Smith(24),
      Smylie, Stevenson, Tilman, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Andersen(Guyon), Bieter, Boe, Cuddy, Douglas, Edmunson,
      Jones, Miller, Ridinger, Ringo, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley, Smith(30),
      Snodgrass, Trail
      Absent and excused -- Clark, Denney, Martinez(Echohawk), Mitchell
    Floor Sponsor - Gagner
    Title apvd - to Senate
05/05    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
    To Governor
05/09    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 376
         Effective: 07/01/03

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1198
                                                                        
                                    BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS  DIVISION  OF  CHILDREN'S
  3        PROGRAMS  FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004; PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVISION OF
  4        CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING THE AMOUNTS TO BE EXPENDED;  APPROPRIAT-
  5        ING  GENERAL  FUND  MONEYS  FOR TRANSFER TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND;
  6        APPROPRIATING  MONEYS  TO  THE  EDUCATIONAL  SUPPORT  PROGRAM/DIVISION  OF
  7        CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004; DIRECTING THAT $4,700,000 OF THE
  8        MONEYS ACCRUING PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 63-2506 AND 63-2552A, IDAHO CODE, AND
  9        SUCH OTHER MONEYS WHICH MAY BECOME AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO SECTION  63-7439,
 10        IDAHO  CODE, BE EXPENDED FOR THE IDAHO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM;
 11        DIRECTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS  FOR  THE  IDAHO  SAFE  AND  DRUG-FREE
 12        SCHOOLS  PROGRAM; EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH REGARD TO FEATURES OF
 13        THE IDAHO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS PROGRAM; DIRECTING THAT $3,300,000 BE
 14        USED FOR THE LITERACY PROGRAMS AND EXPRESSING LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT  THE
 15        STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION COORDINATE CER-
 16        TAIN  PROGRAMS;  DIRECTING  THAT  $4,475,000 BE ALLOCATED FOR PROGRAMS FOR
 17        STUDENTS WITH NON-ENGLISH OR LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; GRANTING AUTHOR-
 18        ITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN THE FIVE DIVISIONS OF THE  EDUCATIONAL  SUP-
 19        PORT  PROGRAM  BUDGET; DIRECTING THAT $450,000 BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE IDAHO
 20        DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING  AN  EFFEC-
 21        TIVE DATE.
                                                                        
 22    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 23        SECTION  1.  The  public  schools Division of Children's Programs includes
 24    programs that provide direct educational or  material  benefits  to  children,
 25    where funding does not primarily go to paying certificated teachers and admin-
 26    istrators.  It  also includes programs that primarily and specifically provide
 27    funding for the separate instruction of identified subgroups of children  out-
 28    side  the  normal  classroom  of an Idaho public school. The following amounts
 29    shall be expended from the listed sources for the public schools  Division  of
 30    Children's Programs for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004:
 31    FROM:
 32    General Fund                                                      $ 13,325,000
 33    Cigarette/Tobacco and Lottery Income Taxes                           4,700,000
 34    Federal Grant Fund                                                  96,630,000
 35      TOTAL                                                           $114,655,000
                                                                        
 36        SECTION 2.  There is hereby appropriated the following amount to be trans-
 37    ferred  to  the Public School Income Fund for the period July 1, 2003, through
 38    June 30, 2004:
 39    FROM:
 40    General Fund                                                       $13,325,000
                                                                        
 41        SECTION 3.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  Educational  Support
 42    Program/Division of Children's Programs, pursuant to law and the provisions of
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    this  act,  the following amounts to be expended from the listed funds for the
  2    period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004:
  3    FROM:
  4    Public School Income Fund                                         $ 18,025,000
  5    Federal Grant Fund                                                  96,630,000
  6      TOTAL                                                           $114,655,000
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  4.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
  8    $4,700,000 shall be expended by the Superintendent of Public  Instruction  for
  9    the  Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, from funds determined by avail-
 10    able revenues accruing pursuant to Sections 63-2506 and 63-2552A, Idaho  Code,
 11    and  other such moneys which may become available pursuant to Section 67-7439,
 12    Idaho Code, for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 5.  The funds allocated for the Idaho Safe and  Drug-Free  Schools
 14    Program  in  Section  4  of this act shall be distributed as follows: $250,000
 15    shall be remitted to the Idaho State Police pursuant to  Section  63-2552A(3),
 16    Idaho  Code; $100,000 may be utilized by the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
 17    tion for program administration, technical assistance and evaluation.  Of  the
 18    remaining  amount,  ninety-five  percent  (95%)  shall  be distributed to each
 19    school district through a combination of a base amount of $1,500  and  a  pro-
 20    rated  amount  based  on  the  prior  year's  average daily attendance. Of the
 21    remaining five percent (5%), $80,000 shall be distributed on a one-time  basis
 22    to  the  Commission  on Hispanic Affairs and used to encourage and direct His-
 23    panic youth away from the habitual use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs by
 24    developing programs for schools, families and communities, with the  remainder
 25    used  to  make discretionary grants as determined by the Drug-Free Schools and
 26    Communities Advisory Board.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 6.  It is legislative intent that the  Idaho  Safe  and  Drug-Free
 28    Schools Program shall include the following:
 29        (1)  Districts  will  develop a policy and plan which will provide a guide
 30        for their substance abuse program.
 31        (2)  Districts will have an advisory board to assist each district in mak-
 32        ing decisions relating to the program.
 33        (3)  The districts' substance abuse programs will be comprehensive to meet
 34        the needs of all students. This will include prevention programs,  student
 35        assistance  programs  that  address early identification and referral, and
 36        aftercare.
 37        (4)  Districts shall submit an annual evaluation of their program  to  the
 38        State Department of Education as to the effectiveness of their program.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  7.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
 40    $3,300,000  shall  be  used  for  literacy  programs,  as outlined in Sections
 41    33-1614, 33-1615 and 33-1207A(2), Idaho Code. It is  legislative  intent  that
 42    the State Board of Education and State Department of Education coordinate fed-
 43    erally funded literacy programs, such as the Reading First program, with state
 44    literacy  programs,  resulting  in  well-coordinated,  complementary  literacy
 45    efforts.
                                                                        
 46        SECTION  8.  Of  the  moneys  appropriated  in  Section  3  of  this  act,
 47    $4,475,000 shall be distributed for support of programs for students with non-
 48    English or limited-English proficiency, allocated to school districts pro rata
 49    based  upon the population of limited-English proficient students under crite-
 50    ria established by the State Department of Education.
                                                                        
                                       3
                                                                        
  1        SECTION 9.  The State  Department  of  Education  is  hereby  granted  the
  2    authority  to transfer funds between the five (5) divisions of the Educational
  3    Support Program budget, in any amount necessary, to  comply  with  the  public
  4    school funding provisions of appropriations and the Idaho Code.
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 10.  Of the moneys appropriated in Section 3 of this act, $450,000
  6    shall  be  distributed to the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, created pursuant
  7    to Chapter 55, Title 33, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 11.  An emergency existing therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
  9    declared  to  exist,  this  act shall be in full force and effect on and after
 10    July 1, 2003.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact







STATEMENT OF PURPOSE




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

RS13335

FISCAL NOTE

Public Schools Budget Breakout

This is the FY 2004 appropriation for the Division Children's Programs portion of the Public Schools budget.

   FY 2003
Approp.
 FY 2004
$943 Budget

Div. of
Children's Programs

I.

STATE APPROPRIATION 

A.

Sources of Funds

1.

General Fund

$920,000,000

$943,000,800

$12,875,000

   percent change:

1.1%

2.5%

 

2.

Dedicated Funds

$65,513,000

$55,650,000

$4,700,000

   percent change:

1.1%

-15.1%

 

3.

Federal Funds

$0

$153,980,000

$96,630,000

   percent change:

-

-

 

4.

TOTAL STATE APPROPRIATIONS

$985,513,000

$1,152,630,800

$114,205,000

 

percent change*:

1.1%

17.0%

 

II.

PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

A.

Statutory Requirements 

1.

Property Tax Replacement 

$68,935,700

$73,022,700

$0

2.

Transportation 

$57,654,500

$58,463,000

$0

3.

Border Contracts 

$1,000,000

$800,000

$800,000

4.

Exceptional Contracts/Tuition Equivalents

$3,500,000

$4,000,000

$4,000,000

5.

Floor 

$1,300,000

$1,300,000

$0

6.

Program Adjustments 

$300,000

$300,000

$300,000

7.

Salary-based Apportionment

$660,086,500

$666,616,200

$0

8.

Teacher Incentive Award 

$560,000

$654,000

$0

9.

State Paid Employee Benefits

$116,084,600

$117,238,500

$0

10.

Early Retirement Program

$5,500,000

$4,500,000

$0

11.

Bond Levy Equalization 

$0

$825,000

$0

12.

Idaho Safe & Drug-Free Schools

$4,700,000

$4,700,000

$4,700,000

13.

Sub-total -- Statutory Requirements

$919,621,300

$931,729,400

$9,800,000

B.

Other Program Distributions

1.

Technology Grants

$8,400,000

$8,400,000

$0

2.

Idaho Reading Initiative

$3,300,000

$3,300,000

$3,300,000

3.

Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

$4,475,000

$4,475,000

$4,475,000

4.

Least Restrictive Environment (teacher trainin

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$0

5.

Gifted & Talented 

$500,000

$500,000

$0

6.

Achievement Standards Implementation

$4,000,000

$4,000,000

$0

7.

Beginning Teacher Support Program

$2,000,000

$0

$0

8.

Idaho Digital Learning Academy

$0

$450,000

$450,000

9.

Classroom Supplies 

$2,000,000

$0

$0

10.

School Facilities Funding (Lottery)

$0

$8,425,000

$0

11.

Federal Funds for Local School Districts

$0

$150,980,000

$96,630,000

12.

Sub-total -- Other Program Distributions

$25,675,000

$179,980,000

$104,405,000

 

TOTAL CATEGORICAL EXPENDITURES

$945,296,300

$1,111,709,400

$114,205,000

III.

EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUNDS

$0

$9,785,000

IV.

STATE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS

$40,216,700

$28,896,400

V.

ESTIMATED SUPPORT UNITS

12,545

12,670

VI.

STATE DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT

$3,206

$2,281

VII.

LOCAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPOR

$21,241

$22,166

VIII.

TOTAL DISCRETIONARY PER SUPPORT

$24,447

$24,447

* Overall percent change would be 1.3% without the transfer of federal pass-through funds to this budget, and 0.4% without the addition of Lottery funds.

Contact: Jason Hancock

Legislative Services Office

Budget and Policy Analysis

Telephone: 334-3531